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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. WILLIAMS C. DUDLEY" <mycodeis01@live.com>
Reply-To: <williamdudley2009@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:59:32 -0800
Subject: WORLD FUND ECONOMICS RECOVERY OFFICE !!!

WORLD FUND RECOVERY MANAGEMENT OFFICE
ADRESS:113, 565, HARTSVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA,U.S.A
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (OIG)
DEPT OF INHERITANCE/CONTRACT FUND TRANSFER AUDIT 2010
WEBSITE:www.worldwidefundsrecovery.com
TEL:+1. 803-400-3334
FAX: +1. 803-467-6347
(Trade syndicate,Resources Management & Payment Verification)
 
 
 
 
ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,
 
 
 
 
 
I am William C. Dudley the President and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Reserve Bank / Inspector General WORLD FUNDS ECOMINCS RECOVERY . Following the report from last year Financial audit in the UN meeting results of the L'Aquila summit Sixty-second session of the General Assembly which was convene on 6th January 2010 ,it was reported that  Citizens of the United States as well as Citizens of Other Countries In Europe and some Asia countries have been treated with Discrepancies and illegal ways of transferring Inheritance/Contract funds  by Africans which made it impossible for a lot of beneficiaries to loose lots upon lots of money without receiving their funds including you as the rightful beneficiary.
 
 
 
 
  I want to inform you that a decision has been reached by the G-8 president, President Barrack Obama and the UN president which authorization has been given to the WFER in conjunction with the Federal Reserve bank to make sure that your unpaid inheritance fund with new file number  No:FDH(ADF-08-HQ-R-0015) is released to you and to be properly monitored by the U.S Intelligence Monitoring Network System to avoid any extortion this time .
  
 
Be inform that the Sixty-second session of the General Assembly where this decision was made, it was also said that all the legal documents which are related to the claim will be sent to you from the country of origin Nigeria incase of none for proof while your sum of ($10.500, 000.00) Ten Million Five hundred Thousand United states Dollars which the government is incurring deficit must be released to you with immediate effect.
 
To officially verify that we are in contact with the real you kindly reconfirm the below information’s.
 
1: Beneficiary Name............
 
2: Beneficiary address............
 
3: Beneficiary Telephone No........
 
4: Beneficiary Fax NO...............
 
   As soon as the above information is received and ascertained , you shall be directed on how to immediately send the cliam request and receive your funds through the WORLD FUND ECONOMICS RECOVERY LIASON OFFICE IN NIGERIA .
 
Thank you.
 
 
William C. Dudley
President and Chief Executive Officer /Inspector General
FOR (WORLD FUND ECONOMICS RECOVERY OFFICE).
 

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